Category: Issues

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Criminalizing Indigenous tobacco and the suicide crisis

SIX NATIONS – Mohawk businesswoman Kelly MacNaughton, of Icky’s Variety and Tobacconist sat down with Real Peoples Media to give us her thoughts about the recent raids on the Indigenous Tobacco Industry and the...

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Operation MYGALE and the criminalization of the Indigenous tobacco industry

When trade is treated as a crime against the state: A backgrounder on the largest raids on the Indigenous tobacco industry in history. (First published by Ricochet Media.) By Tom Keefer The largest police crackdown...

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Occupy INAC Day 3 Media Roundup

Watch the OccupyINAC Toronto Livestream for all the latest updates. TORONTO – An occupation by a group of Indigenous activists and their allies continues into its third day in the occupied offices of Indigenous and...

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Official statement from #occupyinac Winnipeg

Friday April 15, 2016 INAC Office, Winnipeg Anishinaabe Territory Written by consensus from the collective In the spirit of peace, love and solidarity with our relatives at #OccupyINAC Toronto, we have been peacefully gathering...

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Kentyohkwahnhakstha gathering in Kenhteke

KENHTEKE MOHAWK TERRITORY – There will be a gathering of the Kentyohkwahnhakstha movement on Saturday April 16th 2016 at the Sadies Lane Longhouse in Tyendinaga. The meeting starts at 7am with a sunrise ceremony and...

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The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving and Marriage Ceremony

CATTARAGUS – Paul Delaronde (Tekarontake) and James Gray (Sakoietah) join Matt Hill, Louis Snyder and John Kane for the type of conversation that is the reason for “Let’s Talk Native…” Listen in to hear...

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Earthship to be built for Six Nations woman

Eco-friendly home built free of charge for Six Nations woman JULIEN GIGNAC | The Globe and Mail | Sunday, Apr. 03, 2016 9:51PM EDT Foot-wide holes are punched clean through the skirting of the baby blue,...

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Operation “MYGALE” and “contraband” tobacco

The following is an edited transcription of an interview with Kanenhariyo from Thursday March 31st. Kanenhariyo himself has been criminally targeted for participating in the Onkwehon:we tobacco industry. Here he gives an alternate take on...

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A condor lands on Eagle Hill

[Kanenhariyo introduces the Ambassador of Venezuela to the sweet taste of maple sap.] By Tom Keefer The Venezuelan Ambassador comes to Tyendinaga TYENDINAGA – On Friday March 11th, 2016, His Excellency Wilmer Omar Barrientos...

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Sakej Ward remembers Wolverine

By Sakej Ward SECWEPEMC TERRITORY – We just returned from Wolverine’s funeral. The Secwepemc communities and families did an amazing job with the funeral ceremonies. They took such good care of the guests, feasting them,...